Amnesty International accused Hong Kong police on Friday of torture and other ab...
HONG KONG - Amnesty International accused Hong Kong police on Friday of torture and other abuses in their handling of more than three months of pro-democracy protests, but the police say they have shown restraint on the street in the face of increased violence.
Police have responded with tear gas, water cannons, rubber bullets, bean bag rounds and several live rounds fired in the air, warning the crowds beforehand with a series of different colored banners. In one instance, police shone green lasers into the eyes of detainees, Amnesty said, employing a tactic previously used by many protesters against police.
The official police Facebook page earlier noted that almost 240 police had been wounded in the violent protests as they exercised “a high level of restraint ... to restore public order.”
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